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Eric 'Winkle' Brown: Celebrated British pilot dies, aged 97
- byron_fast 11y agoThere is a documentary about his career available on Netflix, I believe it is this one: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3785088/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3785088/ Safe to say there will never be another guy with a career like that.
- danieltillett 11y agoThe Torygraph obituary is far better [1]. I don't have much love for the Telegraphy apart from their excellent obituaries - I can't get enough of obscure soldiers and landed gentry. 1. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/12167611/Captain-Eric-Winkle-Brown-obituary.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/12167611/Captain-...
- gadders 11y agoI agree. They discuss them on their obituaries podcasts where the military subjects are called "moustaches". They occasionally bundle them up into books which are always worth a read (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Daily-Telegraph-Book-Military-Obituaries/dp/1904943276 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Daily-Telegraph-Book-Military-Obitua...). I also have the military obituaries rss feed post into my Pocket account as well. And it's not all landed gentry :-) : http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/12130614/Lt-Cdr-Margaret-Brooke-obituary.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/12130614/Lt-Cdr-M... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/12138486/Laurie-Phillpotts-airman-obituary.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/12138486/Laurie-P... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/12076247/Bruno-Lonati-partisan-obituary.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/12076247/Bruno-Lo... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11701557/Lady-Rozelle-Raynes-Wren-stoker-obituary.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11701557/Lady-Roz...
- Loque 11y agoRIP, I thoroughly enjoyed the documentary someone kindly uploaded to youtube on his past, what a fascinating man, experience and history he has had.